IC 3286
IC 3286
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
947 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 947 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3286 as it looked roughly 947 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 3201Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 3317Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 3337Spiral58 million ly
apartIC 3372Elliptical58 million ly
apartIC 3395Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 3401Barred spiral63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3317Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 3337Spiral58 million ly
apartIC 3372Elliptical58 million ly
apartIC 3395Spiral59 million ly
apartIC 3401Barred spiral63 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).